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Finally found the skit from my second semester of Japanese. It was the intro scene to 300 the movie…

Ryan: (riding on horse into Sparta – slow motion – dramatic!)
(they meet)
Joe: まえに話します、あなたのたんごはちゅういつくります。
Before you speak, make your works carefully. Careful: (ちゅうい)
Ryan: ….はい(puzzled)
…sure
Joe: だれですか。どこから着ましたか。
Who are you? Where are you from?
Ryan: おはよう。名前はライアンです。ぼくはペラシアの会社員の人です。度おうぞよりしくおねがいします。
Good morning, My name is Ryan, I am a businessman from Persia. Nice to you meet you.
Joe: はじめまして。この 何おしますか。
How do you do? What are you doing here?
Ryan:つちとみず。
Earth and water
Joe: 何。つちとみずから、着ましたか。
what? You came for earth and water?
Ryan:しょうらいにおとなしいから、XERCESさまつちとみずをもらってください。
In the future, because you are obedient (おとなしい）, Please give Xerces earth and water.
Joe: XERCESさんはどんなの人がですか。
Who is xerces?
Ryan: XERCESさまはかみです。せがたかくて、とてもつよいって、大きい手です。
Xerces is a god. He is tall, has big hands, and is very strong.
Joe: とにかく。。。スパタンスはおとなしないです。
in any case, Spartans aren’t obedient
ryan:どうして。一万ペラシアの国！わたしたちはいちばんつよいですよ。けんかしますか。
Why? There are ten thousand Persian countries. We are the strongest, do you want to fight?
Joe: しんでいるこくおうのあたまをもってきますよ。私の人がおどしをもっていますよ。
you bring the heads of dead kings(こくおう) , you threaten(おどし) my people.
Ryan: Xercesさまはこくおうになりたいです。つちとみずはもらいてくだいさい。
Xerces wants to become your king. Please give us earth and water.
(point sword)
Joe: つちとみずはしたにあります。
You’ll find a lot of earth and water down there.
Ryan: このへんですよ！会社員はしんでいません。
This is strange, no one has ever killed a businessman!
Joe: このへんですか。このスパタ！
Strange? This is Sparta!

I took two semesters of Japanese when I was in school and absolutely loved it. I was cleaning up my document folders today and found the skit from my first semester. There are a bunch of mistakes(it was my first semester) but it was too funny to not post:

A: Do you want to go to a restaurant now?今レスツラウンに行きますか。
B: yes, should we ride the bus?はい、行きます。バスにのりますか。
A: yes.はい、バスにのります。
—-riding the bus—-

C: Would you like me to bring you some drinks? のみものをもってきますか。
A/B: yes, some sake!はい！ おさけをもってきます！
C: What do you want to eat? Should I bring some sushi?どんなたべものをたべますか。すしをもってきますか。
B: No, bring me a hamburger.いいえ、ハムバガをもってきますください。
A: A hamburger?! This is a sushi restaurant!ハムバガですか？！ これすしのレスツラウンですよ。
B: Oh sorry, please bring me some sushi.すみません。すしをもっていまてください。

—-bring food—-

A/B: Thank you.どうも。
—-eating—-

A: What is that thing swimming in the sea?なかうみがなにをおよぎますか。
B: Is it a bird? Is it a plane?とりですか。ひこうきですか。
A: It’s Godzilla! Is he taking a bath?あのゴジラガアリマス！ ゴジラはおふるにはいりますか。
B: No, he is attacking Tokyo!いいえ、ゴジラをときょにこげきします！
A: Tokyo? We’re in Sacramento!ときょですか。そのサクラメントです！
B: Excuse me. He is attacking Sacramento!すみません。ゴジラはサクラメントにこげきします！
—-Godzilla attacks Sacramento—-
—-Nick Goes and Changes into Godzilla—-

A: He is attacking a café!そのきさてんにこげきします！

G: I’m disgusted with cafes! French Cafes are very expensive!私はきさてんがだいきらいです！フランスのきさてんとてもたかいです。

Over the winter break, I took a winter class and worked a little. I was working for a professor on campus making an autonomous imaging robot. The class went fine, but the robot faced a different fate. The professor was applying for a patent based on the imaging technique that was supposed to be implemented on the robot. As it turns out, someone else had a similar patent that was awarded last year, which became the death cry of that particular robot.

The new semester has started, and I’m taking 17 units. Four EEE classes, the last engineering classes I’ll have to take, and japanese 1B. Also, right after the semester started one of my professors was looking for students with hands on experience to work on some biomedical sensors. I was familiar with his work, so I took the opportunity and have started working with him. The particular project I’m working on will be the miniaturization and optimization of a sensor to detect when children with cerebral palsy fall, and records it to an SD card. I’m only making $11/hour, but it’s great experience and I’m sure it will look great on a resume(which is getting pretty packed now-a-days).

Also, the robot that initially died over the winter break has been semi-resurrected. Instead of using the robot to implement the experimental imaging, he now wants me to continue work on it with the goal of making a remote-controlled video platform. Since I’m going to be working with the other professor on the biomedical project, I’ve decided to bring in another engineering student to work on the robotics project with me. It should be fun, and will take a lot of the workload off me this semester having another person working on it.

Overall, it should be a pretty fun semester. I’m taking three elective EEE classes, including a graduate class that is pretty interested(non-linear control systems).